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Phrase(s): start from some place
1. [for someone] to begin a journey at some place. (The emphasis is on the location of the start of the journey.) • We started from California. • Where will you start from? 2. [for a journey] to begin from a particular point. • The journey started from Chicago. • Our trip started from the airport in New York.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs